419 scam: "Dr.Eiko Van Dalen" <noreply@dana-petroleum.com> Re: Advise on lucrative areas for investment in your country!

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr.Eiko Van Dalen" <noreply@dana-petroleum.com>
Reply-To: dg.eikovandalen01@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2015 11:10:07 -0300
Subject: Re: Advise on lucrative areas for investment in your country!

Hello Friend,

My name is Mr.Eiko Van Dalen, I am working with Dana Petroleum Plc,
with other of my colleagues.

We are looking for a prospective business partner in your country,
with good investment project plans (E.g International Schools,Five
Star Hotels,Real Estate, Construction, Engineering, Energy, Trading or
any other lucrative business ventures).

This has relatively made us very busy as we are supervising the oil
field contracts, and also supervising some of the oil exploration
contracts at the North Sea. In the events of these, we got involved in
a crude oil supply deal which promised huge returns, and you are
invited to partnership with us in an investment of mutual interest
worth of $175Million US Dollars.

We need to know if you will be able to handle a business transaction
involving such huge amount of funds, after which we will go into
details to explain the simple details of realizing the objectives
without delay.

If you are interested please inform me and I will give you more
details if you are not interested do not reply to this email and
please delete this message, if no response after 3 days I will then
search for someone else.

We await for your immediate response as soon as you confirm this mail.

Respectfully,
Mr.Eiko Van Dalen.

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